A new Holmes County wildlife park is going to be almost three times the size of Disney’s Animal Kingdom and more than 30 times bigger than the zoo in Montgomery, but importantly pump millions of dollars into the areas economy.
The new wildlife park will be located just south of I-10 near Highway 79; part of it will be located it Holms County, the other part will be located in Washington County.
The park will be built by the Fowler Center for Wildlife Education. It will be called "Jim Fowler's life in the wild theme park," after one of the world's most renowned naturalists.
The park will be the first of a series of similar parks that are set for construction across the country.
Construction of the new wildlife park is slated to begin in 2008.
Jim Fowler (born April 9, 1932 in Albany, Georgia) is a professional zoologist and was host of the Emmy Award-winning television show Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.
Fowler first served as the co-host of Wild Kingdom with Marlin Perkins, and then later became the main host. While Fowler was serving as host of Wild Kingdom, he received four separate Emmy awards and an endorsement by the National PTA for family viewing.
Fowler was the official wildlife correspondent for NBC's The Today Show since 1988 and also regularly seen on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, making forty appearances in total as he brought various wildlife animals on the show.
In 1997, Fowler joined Discovery Communication's Animal Planet as a wildlife expert and later launched the television program Jim Fowler's Life in the Wild in 2000.
Fowler also made a cameo appearance in The Merv Griffin Show episode of the Seinfeld comedy television series (season 9, episode 6), playing himself as "The animal guy from Wild Kingdom".
Think we will get any coasters out of this in the long run?
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http://www.wtvynews4.com/news/headlines/2908891.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fowler